Post: Project Worker
Location: Stranraer
Salary: £23,690 per annum, pro rata
Hours: 28 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Closing date: Midday, 16th September 2025

How to apply

Apply on our BreatheHR portal by completing the online application with your CV and cover letter by 16th September 2025.

We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

If you consider yourself to have a disability, please complete the relevant section within the application pack to inform us of any arrangements that we may make to the interview process.

We reserve the right to close this advert earlier or later than stated, so please don’t delay your application to avoid any disappointment.

About the Service

Our Dumfries and Galloway resource centres are based in Dumfries, Annan, Castle Douglas, Newton Stewart and Stranraer. These are safe and welcoming environments with opportunities to take part in a diverse range of activities to build self-confidence and recovery. We work closely with our service users to plan group activities and events to reduce isolation and encourage connections with their local community.

About the Role

As a Project Worker, you are responsible for group work planning, facilitation and some occasional one-to-one work.

You will work directly with service users who require immediate or on going emotional or practical support in order to deliver the best possible outcomes.  You will contribute to personal planning with individuals, recording of their progress and conducting reviews for their plans. You will work closely with other members of staff to achieve outcomes as defined by your line manager.

Within the area team there is a clear line management structure which supports and shapes your practice. You will be responsible for ensuring that the Project provides a safe environment where people can relax, re-establish social skills, develop new ones and enhance their overall quality of life.

Key Responsibilities

• Working as part of a team building positive working relationships In partnership with service users, implementing outcome focussed development plans as designed/overseen by your line manager to enable service users to achieve their identified goals
• Achieving outcomes, by employing a number of appropriate intervention strategies including positive communication skills
• Ongoing risk assessment is integral to our practice to ensure the wellbeing of service users
• Demonstrating group work skills which bring people together in a safe environment
• Being aware of appropriate professional boundaries, including confidentiality
• Contributing to service user goals and outcomes by working in partnership across a number of organisations, sourcing appropriate community support and opportunities.